India had lodged a protest with the Palestinians on Saturday, calling the envoy's association with Saeed "unacceptable". "We stand together with India in its fight against terrorism", Al Haija said.

Waleed Abu Ali had shared a stage with Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Rawalpindi on FridayNEW DELHI Palestine on Saturday recalled its envoy to Pakistan for sharing the stage with 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed, after India termed his action "unacceptable" and issued a demarche.

". the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates considered the participation of our ambassador in Pakistan in a mass rally in solidarity with Jerusalem, held [.] in the presence of individuals accused of supporting terrorism is an unintended mistake, but not justified", said the Palestinian foreign ministry's statement, without naming Saeed.

The ambassador's recall came hours after the Palestine conveyed its "deep regrets" for the envoy's decision and assured India that they are taking serious cognizance of their Ambassador's presence at this event.

Ambassador Walid Abu Ali joined the stage with the Lashkar-e-Taiba founder at an event organised by jihadi groups on Friday, just days after New Delhi backed a United Nations General Assembly resolution that denounced Washington's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.

Near-daily rallies have been held in Pakistan and elsewhere across the Muslim world since President Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital last month, a move seen as siding with the Jewish state against the Palestinians, who claim east Jerusalem as the capital of their future state.

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The India-Palestine Solidarity Front (IPSF) in New Delhi strongly condemned the Palestinian envoy's dais sharing with Saeed and later appreciated the prompt action by President Mahmoud Abbas to recall Ali.

The reports of a Palestinian envoy sharing stage with a known terrorist came as a surprise to many as India had just a week ago joined 127 other countries to vote against USA decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a move seen as in favour of Palestinian sentiments. He did not know the terrorist Hafiz Saeed. He will no longer be Palestine ambassador to Pakistan.

The Friday's event was organised by the Difa-e-Pakistan Council, of which Hafiz Saeed's Jamaat-ud-Dawa is a constituent.

Pakistan has refused extradition requests from the U.S. for Saeed and allows him to operate relatively freely. Palestine, however, has consistently voted against India on the J&K issue- both in the United Nations and in OIC- for years, while criticising India's growing relationship with Israel.

Saeed also referred to the controversial meeting between Kulbhushan Jadhav, an Indian national sentenced to death by Pakistan for alleged spying, and his wife and mother in Islamabad on December 25.

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